William Knight D. Wordsworth Journal TranscriptSaturday, 15th.Averycoldandcheerless morning. I sate mendingstockings all themorning. I read in Shakespeare. William lay very late because he slept ill last night. It snowedthismorningjust likeChristmas. Wehadamelancholyletter fromColeridgeat bedtime. Itdistressed me very much and I resolved upon going to !eswick the ne"t day.#$he following is written on the blotting%paper opposite this date&'S. $. Coleridge.(orothy Wordsworth. William Wordsworth.)ary *utchinson. Sara *utchinson.William. Coleridge. )ary.(orothy. Sara.+,th )ay+-./.0ohn Wordsworth.Sunday, 16th.William was at work all the morning. I did not go to !eswick. A sunny coldfrosty day. A snowstorm at night. We were a good while in the orchard in the morning.Monday, 17th May.William was not well he went with me to Wytheburn water and left mein a post%chaise. *ail showers snow and cold attacked me. $he people were graving peats under1adel 2ell. A lark and thrush singing near Coleridge3s house. 4ancrofts there. A letter from ). *.Tuesday, 18th May.$erribly cold Coleridge not well. 2roude called Wilkinsons called C.and I walked in the evening in the garden. Warmer in the evening. Wrote to ). and S.Wednesday, 19th May.A grey morningnot 5uite so cold. C. and I set off at half%past nineo3clock. )et William near the si"%mile stone. We sate down by the road%side and then went toWytheburn water. 6onged to be at the island. Sate in the sun. We drank tea at 0ohn Stanley3s. $heevening cold and clear. A glorious light on Skiddaw. I was tired. 4rought a cloak down from )r.Simpson3s. 7acked up books for Coleridge then got supper and went to bed.Thursday, 20th May.A frosty clear morning. I lay in bed late. William got to work. I wassomewhat tired. We sate in the orchard sheltered all the morning. In the evening there was a finerain. We received a letter from Coleridge telling us that he wished us not to go to !eswick.Friday, 21st May.A very warm gentle morning a little rain. William wrote two sonnets on4uonaparte after I had read )ilton3s sonnets to him. In the evening he went with )r. Simpsonwith 4orwick3s boat to gather ling in 4ainrigg3s. I plashed about the well was much heated and Ithink I caught cold.Saturday, 22nd May.A very hot morning. A hot wind as if coming from a sand desert. Wemet Coleridge. *e was sitting under Sara3s rock. When we reached him he turned with us. Wesate a long time under the wall of a sheep%fold. *ad some interesting melancholy talk about hisprivate affairs. We drank tea at a farmhouse. $he woman was very kind. $here was a womanwith three children travelling from Workington to )anchester. $he woman served them liberally.Afterwards she said that she never suffered any to go away without a trifle 8sec as we have.8 $hewoman at whose house we drank tea the last time was rich and senselessshe said 8she neverserved any but their own poor.8 C. came home with us. We satesome time in the orchard....6etters from S. and ). *.Sunday.I sat with C. in the orchard all the morning.... We walked in 4ainrigg3s after tea.Saw the juniperumbrella shaped. C. went to the 7oints,9 joined us on White )oss.Monday, 24thMay.Averyhot morning. WewerereadytogooffwithColeridge butfoolishly sauntered and )iss $aylor and )iss Stanley called. William and Coleridge and I wentafterwards to the top of the :aise.I had sent off a letter to )ary by C. I wrote again and to C.Tuesday, 25th. ... 7apers and short note from C.; again no sleep for William.< < < < < rove. It wasalovely night. $he clouds of the western sky reflected a saffron light upon the upper end of thelake. All was still. We went to look at :ydale. $here was an Alpine fire%like red upon the tops ofthe mountains. $his was gone when we came in view of the lake. 4ut we saw the lake from anew and most beautiful point of view between two little rocks and behind a small ridge that hadconcealed it from us. $his White )oss a place made for all kinds of beautiful works of art andnature woods and valleys fairy valleys and fairy tarns miniature mountains alps above alps.Wednesday, 2nd June.In the morning we observed that the scarlet beans were drooping inthe leaves in great numbers owing we guess to an insect.... @esterday an old man called a grey%headed man above seventy years of age. *e said he had been a soldier that his wife and childrenhad died in 0amaica. *e had a beggar3s wallet over his shoulders; a coat of shreds and patchesaltogether of a drab colour; he was tall and though his body was bent he had the look of oneused to have been upright. I talked a while and then gave him a piece of cold bacon and somemoney. Said he 8@ou3re a fine womanA8 I could not help smiling; I suppose he meant 8@ou3re akindwoman.8 Afterwardsawomancalled travellingto>lasgow. Afterdinnerwewent into2rank3s field crawled up the little glen and planned a seat; ... found a beautiful shell%like purplefungus in 2rank3s field. After tea we walked to 4utterlip *ow and backwards and forwards there.All the young oak tree leaves are dry as powder. A cold south wind portending rain....Thursday, 3rd June 1802.A very fine rain. I lay in my bed till ten o3clock. William muchbetter than yesterday. We walked into Basedale.... $he cuckoo sang and we watched the littlebirds as we sate at the door of the cow%house. $he oak copses are brown as in autumn with thelate frosts.... We have been reading the life and some of the writings of poor 6ogan since dinner.$here are many affecting lines and passages in his poem e..And everlasting longings for the lost.... Williamisnowsleepingwiththewindowopen lyingonthewindowseat. $hethrushissinging. $here are I do believe a thousand buds on the honeysuckle tree all small and far fromblowing save one that is retired behind the twigs close to the wall and as snug as a bird nest.0ohn3s rose tree is very beautiful blended with the honeysuckle.@esterday morning William walked as far as the Swan with Aggy 2isher who was going toattend upon >oan3s dying infant. She said 8$here are many heavier crosses than the death of aninfant;8 and went on 8$here was a woman in this vale who buried four grown%up children in oneyear and I have heard her say when many years were gone by that she had more pleasure inthinking of those four than of her living children for as children get up and have families of theirown their duty to their parents !ears out and !ea"ens. She could trip lightly by the graves ofthose who died when they were young ... as she went to church on a Sunday.8... Averyaffectingletter camefrom). *. whileI was sittinginthewindowreading)ilton3s #enseroso to William. I answered this letter before I went to bed.< < < < < rove facing the sun. I read a scene or two in .s &ou 'i"e /t.... Coleridge and6eslie came just as I had lain down after dinner. C. brought me William3s letter. *e had got welltoBusemere. ColeridgeandIaccompanied6eslietotheboat%house. Itwasasullen coldishevening no sunshine; but after we had parted from 6eslie a light came out suddenly that repaidus for all. It fell only upon one hill and the island but it arrayed the grass and trees in gem%like brightness. I cooked Coleridge3s supper. We sate up till one o3clock.Thursday, 24th June.I went with C. half way up the :aise. It was a cool morning.... Williamcame in just when ). had left me. It was a mild rainy evening.... We sate together talking till thefirst dawning of day; a happy time.Friday, 25th June. ... I went just before tea into the garden. I looked up at my swallow3snest and it was gone. It had fallen down. 7oor little creatures they could not themselves be moredistressed than I was. I went upstairs to look at the ruins. $hey lay in a large heap upon thewindow ledge; these swallows had been ten days employed in building this nest and it seemed tobe almost finished. I had watched them early in the morning in the day many and many a timeand in the evenings when it was almost dark. I had seen them sitting together side by side in theirunfinished nest both morning and night. When they first came about the window they used tohang against the panes with their white bellies and their forked tails looking like fish; but thenthey fluttered and sang their own little twittering song. As soon as the nest was broad enough asort of ledge for them they sate both mornings and evenings but they did not pass the nightthere. Iwatchedthemonemorning when WilliamwasatBusemere formorethananhour.Bvery now and then there was a motion in their wings a sort of tremulousness and they sang alow song to one another.< < < < < rasmere. 8$he bonniestdale in all BnglandA8 says the old man. I bought a pair of slippers from him and we sate togetherby the road%side. When we parted I tried to lift his bundle and it was almost more than I coulddo.... After tea I wrote to Coleridge and closed up my letter to ). *. We went soon to bed. Aweight of children a poor man3s blessingA...< < < < < allow *ill.We had a pleasant ride though the day was showery.... Coleridge met us at Sara3s :ock.... Wehad been told by a handsome man an inhabitant of Wytheburn with whom he had been talking#and who seemed by the bye much pleased with his companion' that C. was waiting for us. Wereached !eswick against tea%time. We called at Calvert3s on the Saturday evening.... =n )onday+/th 0uly we went to Busemere. Coleridge walked with us si" or seven miles. *e was not welland we had a melancholy parting after having sate together in silence by the road%side. We turnedaside to e"plore the country near *utton%0ohn and had a new and delightful walk. $he valleywhich is subject to the decaying mansion that stands at its head seems to join its testimony tothat of the house to the falling away of the family greatness and the hedges are in bad condition.$he land wants draining and is overrun with brackens; yet there is a something everywhere thattells of its former possessors. $he trees are left scattered about as if intended to be like a parkand these are very interesting standing as they do upon the sides of the steep hills that slopedowntothebedoftheriveralittlestony%beddedstreamthat spreadsout toaconsiderablebreadthF7g +G/H at the village of (acre. A little above (acre we came into the right road to )r.Clarkson3s after having walked through woods and fields never e"actly knowing whether wewere right or wrong. We learnt however that we had saved half%a%mile. We sate down by theriver%sidetorest andsawsomeswallowsflyingabout andunder thebridge andtwolittleschoolboys were loitering among the scars seeking after their nests. We reached )r. Clarkson3s atabout eight o3clock after a sauntering walk having lingered and loitered and sate down togetherthat we might be alone. )r. and )rs. C. were just come from 6uff3s. We spent $uesday the +Ithof 0uly at Busemere; and on Wednesday morning the +Gth we walked to Bmont 4ridge andmounted the coach between 4ird3s 1est and *artshorn $ree.... At >reta 4ridge the sun shonecheerfully and a glorious ride we had over >aterly )oor. Bvery building was bathed in goldenlight. $he trees were more bright than earthly trees and we saw round us miles beyond miles(arlington spire etc. etc. We reached 6eeming 6ane at about nine o3clock& supped comfortablyand enjoyed our fire.=n $hursday morning at a little before seven being the +Jth 0uly we got into a post%chaiseand went to $hirsk to breakfast. We were well treated but when the landlady understood that wewere going to !a%" off and leave our luggage behind she threw out some saucy words in ourhearing. $he day was very hot and we rested often and long before we reached the foot of the*ambledon *ills and while we were climbing them still oftener.... We were almostoverpoweredwiththirst whenIheardthetricklingofalittlestreamofwater.IwasbeforeWilliam and I stopped till he came up to me. We sate a long time by this water and climbed thehill slowly. I was footsore; the sun shone hot; the little Scotch cattle panted and tossed fretfullyabout. $he view was haCy and we could see nothing from the top of the hill but an undistinctwide%spreading country full of trees but the buildings towns and houses were lost. We stoppedtoe"amine thatcurious stonethen walkedalong theflatcommon....Arrived very hungry at:ivau". 1othing to eat at the )illers as we e"pected but at an e"5uisitely neat farm%house wegot some boiled milk and bread. $his strengthened us and I went down to look at the ruins.$hrushes were singing; cattle feeding among green%grown hillocks about the ruins. $he hillockswere scattered over with ro1e%ets of wild roses and other shrubs and covered with wild flowers.Icouldhavestayedinthissolemn5uiet spottill evening withoutathoughtofmoving butWilliamwaswaitingforme soina5uarterofanhourIwent away. Wewalkedupon)r.(uncombe3sterraceandlookeddownuponthe Abbey.It standsinalargervalleyamongabrotherhood of valleys of different length and breadthall woody and running up into the hillsin all directions. We reached *elmsly just at dusk. We had a beautiful view of the castle from thetop of the hill and slept at a very nice inn and were well treated; floors as smooth as ice. =n2ridaymorning +,th0uly wewalkedto!irby. )et peoplecomingto*elmslyfair. Weremisdirected and walked a mile out of our way.... A beautiful view above 7ickering.... )et )aryand Sara seven miles from >. *. Sheltered from the rain; beautiful glen spoiled by the largehouse; sweet church and churchyard. Arrived at >allow *ill at seven o3clock.Friday 21enin, 16th Ju%y. ... Sara $om and I rode up 4edale. Wm. )ary Sara and Iwent to Scarborough and we walked in the Abbey pasture and to Wykeham; and on )ondaythe /,th we went off with )ary in a post%chaise. We had an interesting ride over the Woldsthough it rained all the way. Single thorn bushes were scattered about on the turf sheep%shedshere and there and now and then a little hut. Swelling grounds and sometimes a single tree or aclump of trees.... We passed through one or two little villages embosomed in tall trees. After wehad parted from )ary there were gleams of sunshine but with showers. We saw 4everley in aheavy rain and yet were much pleased with the beauty of the town. Saw the minstera prettyclean building but injured very much with >recian architecture. $he country between 4everleyand *ull very rich but miserably flatbrick houses windmills houses againdull and endless.*ull a frightful dirty brickhousey tradesmanlike rich vulgar place; yet the riverthough theshores are so low that they can hardly be seenlooked beautiful with the evening lights upon itand boats moving about. We walked a long time and returned to our dull day%room but 5uietevening one to supper.Tuesday, 20th.)arket day. Streets dirty very rainy did not leave *ull till four o3clock andleft 4arton at about si"; rained all the way almost. A beautiful village at the foot of a hill withtrees. Agentleman3s house converted into a lady3s boarding%school.... Weleft 6incoln onWednesday morning /9th 0uly at si" o3clock. It rained heavily and we could see nothing but theantientry of some of the buildings as we passed along. $he night before however we had seenenough to make us regret this. $he minster stands at the edge of a hill overlooking an immenseplain. $he country very flat as we went along; the day mended. We went to see the outside of theminster while the passengers were dining at 7eterborough; the west end very grand....=n $hursday morning /?th we arrived in 6ondon. Wm. left me at the Sun.... After varioustroubles and disasters we left 6ondon on Saturday morning at half%past five or si" the I+st of0uly. We mounted the (over coach at Charing Cross. It was a beautiful morning. $he city St.7aul3s with the river and a multitude of little boats made a most beautiful sight as we crossedWestminster4ridge.$hehouseswerenotoverhungbytheircloudofsmoke andtheywerespread out endlessly yet the sun shone so brightly with such a fierce light that there was evensomething like the purity of one of nature3s own grand spectacles.9/We rode on cheerfully now with the 7aris diligence before us now behind. We walked up thesteephills abeautiful prospect everywhere till weevenreached(over. At first therichpopulous wide%spreading woody country about 6ondon then the :iver $hames ships sailingchalk cliffs trees little villages. Afterwards Canterbury situated on a plain rich and woody butthe city and cathedral disappointed me. *op grounds on each side of the road some miles fromCanterbury; then we came to a common the race ground an elevated plain villages among treesin the bed of a valley at our right and rising above this valley green hills scattered over withwood neat gentlemen3s houses. =ne white house almost hid with green trees which we longedfor and the parson3s house as neat a place as could be which would just have suited Coleridge.1o doubt we may have found one for $om *utchinson and Sara and a good farm too. We haltedat a half%way housefruit carts under the shade of trees seats for guests a tempting place to theweary traveller. Still as we went along the country was beautiful and hilly with cottages lurkingunderthehills andtheirlittleplotsofhopgroundlikevineyards. Itwasabadhopyear. Awoman on the top of the coach said to me 8It is a sad thing for the poor people for the hop%gathering is the woman3s harvest; there is employment about the hops for women and children.8We saw the castle of (over and the sea beyond four or five miles before we reached it. Welooked at it through a long vale the castle being upon an eminence as it seemed at the end ofthisvale whichopenedtothesea. $hecountrynowbecamelessfertile but near(overitseemed more rich again. )any buildings stand on the flat fields sheltered with tall trees. $here isone old chapel that might have been there just in the same state in which it now is when this valewas as retired and as little known to travellers as our own Cumberland mountain wilds thirtyyears ago. $here was also a very old building on the other side of the road which had a strangeeffect among the many new ones that are springing up everywhere. It seemed odd that it couldhave kept itself pure in its ancientry among so many upstarts. It was near dark when we reached(over. We were told that a packet was about to sail so we went down to the custom%house inhalf%an%hourhad our luggage e"amined etc. etc. and then we drank tea with the *onourable)r. !no" and his tutor. We arrived at Calais at four o3clock on Sunday morning the I+st of 0uly.We stayed in the vessel till half%past seven; then William went for letters at about half%past eightor nine. We found out Annette and C. cheC )adame Avril dans la :ue de la $Kte d3or. We lodgedoppositetwoladiesin tolerablydecent%siCed roomsbut badly furnished....$heweather wasveryhot. Wewalkedbythesea%shorealmost everyeveningwithAnnetteandCaroline orWilliam and I alone. I had a bad cold and could not bathe at first but William did. It was a prettysighttoseeaswewalkeduponthesandswhenthetidewaslowperhapsahundredpeoplebathing about a 5uarter of a mile distant from us. And we had delightful walks after the heat ofthe day was passedseeing far off in the west the coast of Bngland like a cloud crested with(over castle which was but like the summit of the cloudthe evening star and the glory of thesky9I the reflections in the water were more beautiful than the sky itself purple waves brighterthan precious stones for ever melting away upon the sands.$he fort a wooden building at theentrance of the harbour at Calais when the evening twilight was coming on and we could notsee anything of the building but its shape which was far more distinct than in perfect daylightseemed to be reared upon pillars of ebony between which pillars the sea was seen in the mostbeautiful colours that can be conceived. 1othing in romance was ever half so beautiful. 1owcame in view as the evening star sunk down and the colours of the west faded away the twolights of Bngland lighted up by Bnglishmen in our country to warn vessels off rocks or sands.$hese we used to see from the pier when we could see no other distant objects but the cloudsthe sky and the sea itselfall was dark behind. $he town of Calais seemed deserted of the lightof heaven but there was always light and life and joy upon the sea. =ne night I shall neverforgetthe day had been very hot and William and I walked alone together upon the pier. $hesea was gloomy for there was a blackness over all the sky e"cept when it was overspread withlightning which often revealed to us a distant vessel near as the waves roared and broke againstthe pier and they were interfused with greenish fiery light. $he more distant sea always blackand gloomy. It was also beautiful on the calm hot night to see the little boats row out of harbourwith wings of fire and the sail boats with the fiery track which they cut as they went along andwhich closed up after them with a hundred thousand sparkles and streams of glow%worm light.Caroline was delighted.=n Sunday the /?th of August we left Calais at twelve o3clock in the morning and landed at(over at one on )onday the I.th.... It was very pleasant to me when we were in the harbour at(over to breathe the fresh air and to look up and see the stars among the ropes of the vessel.$hene"tdaywasveryhot.We...bathed andsateuponthe(overCliffsandlookedupon2rance with many a melancholy and tender thought. We could see the shores almost as plain as ifit werebut anBnglishlake. Wemountedthecoach andarrivedin6ondonat si" theI.thAugust. It was misty and we could see nothing. We stayed in 6ondon till Wednesday the //nd ofSeptember and arrived at >allow *ill on 2riday.Se0te*3er 24th.)ary first met us in the avenue. She looked so fat and well that we weremade very happy by the sight of her; then came Sara and last of all 0oanna. $om was forkingcorn standing upon the corn cart. We dressed ourselves immediately and got tea. $he gardenlooked gay with asters and sweet peas. 0ack and >eorge came on 2riday evening +st =ctober.=n Saturday /nd we rode to *ackness William 0ack >eorge and Sara single. I behind $om.=n Sunday Ird )ary and Sara were busy packing.FOOTNOTES:+ 7erhaps the most interesting entry in *enry Crabb :obinson3s 0ournal of the tour is the following&826th June 1820.I made some cheap purchases& if anything not !antedcan be cheap.8/ In the original )S. there is no title. $he above is a descriptive one given by the editor.B(.I Compare !eats Mis$e%%aneous #oe*s$here creptA little noiseless noise amongst the leaves4orn of the very sigh that silence heaves.B(.And Coleridge The 4o%ian 5ar0$he stilly murmur of the distant sea$ells us of silence.B(.G )r. 4artholemew rented Alfo"den and sub%let the house to Wordsworth.B(.J $his house was afterwards 0ohn !enyon3sto whom .urora 'eih is dedicatedand wassubse5uently the residence of the :ev. William 1ichols author of The 6uanto$"s and their .sso$iations.B(., =f 1ether%Stowey the agent of the Barl of Bgmont.B(.9 Compare The )e$%use +. ?+*er Loice was like a hidden 4ird that sang.B(.- (id this suggest the lines in 7hrista3e%E$he one red leaf the last of its clan$hat dances as often as dance it can*anging so light and hanging so high=n the topmost twig that looks up at the sky.B(.? See 8A whirl%blast from behind the hill8 in the 87oetical Works8 vol. i. p. /I-.B(.+. See The Thorn 87oetical Works8 vol. i. p. /I?.B(.++ $he ballad was finished by 2ebruary +- +9?-. See 2ar%y )e$o%%e$tions etc. by 0oseph Cottle vol.i. p. I.9 #+-I9'.B(.+/ $his was the earliest portrait of Wordsworth by W. Shuter. It is now in the possession of )rs. St.0ohn Ithaca M.S.A.B(.+I It is thus writteninthe)S. but the//nd)ay+9?-was a Tuesday. If theentryrefers toa Thursday the day of the month should have been written /Gth. (orothy Wordsworth was not e"act as todates.B(.+G $his is not (orothy3s own title. *er 0ournal has no title.B(.+J i.e. William and (orothy Wordsworth Coleridge and Chester.B(.+, i.e. :ydal *all the residence of Sir )ichael le 2leming.B(.+9 $heirneighbourat $own%Bnd whohelped Wordsworthtomakethestepsuptotheorchard in(ove Cottage garden.B(.+- I think that this name was given to a bit of the valley to the north%east of >rasmere village; but )r.>ordon Wordsworth3s opinion is that 83$he 4lack Duarter3 was simply the family nickname for Basedale.$he phrase seems to disappear from the 0ournals as they got more accustomed to local names. It is ane"cellent description of the usual appearance of these fells and makes a contrast to the name of the White)oss which lay behind (ove Cottage; as Basedale lay in front and was e5ually in their thoughts.8B(.+? Compare 'ines !ritten in 2ar%y S0rin 87oetical Works8 vol. i. p. /,?In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts4ring sad thoughts to the mind.B(./. Compare The (reen 'innet in the 87oetical Works8 vol. ii. p. I,9.B(./+ Compare the poem 8ears in the 87oetical Works8 vol. ii. pp. /9,%/-+.B(.// $his and the two following dates are incorrectly given. $hey should be 8Wednesday ++th $hursday+/th and 2riday +Ith 0une.8B(./I Coleridge arrived at >rasmere on Sunday /?th 0une.B(./G $he dates here given are confusing. S. $. C. says he was ill at >rasmere and stayed a fortnight. In aletter to $om 7oole he says he arrived at !eswick on /Gth 0uly which was a $hursday.B(./J $hat 2riday was the /Jth 0uly. $he two ne"t dates were incorrectly entered by (orothy.B(./, The 'ands$a0e9 a -ida$ti$ #oe* in three 8oo"s. 4y :ichard 7ayne !night. +9?G.B(./9 Compare The 2:$ursion book iv. II. ++-J%++?J.B(./- 7rofessor (owden thinks that this refers to the poem on 0ohn3s >rove. 4ut a hitherto unpublishedfragment will soon be issued by the )essrs. 6ongman which may cast fresh light on this 8Inscription ofthe 7athway.8B(./? $he 7reface to the second edition of 'yri$a% 8a%%ads.B(.I.a i.e. of the 1otes and 7reface to the second edition of 'yri$a% 8a%%ads.B(.I. i.e. of the 1otes and 7reface to the second edition of 'yri$a% 8a%%ads.B(.I+ Compare )eso%ution and /nde0enden$e in the 87oetical Works8 vol. ii. p. I+/.B(.I/ #ride,s 7ure. $he title was afterwards changed to John Wood1i%%.B(.II $he editor of The Mornin #ost.B(.IG )ary 7oint and Sarah 7oint.B(.IJ =n the western side of >rasmere 6ake.B(.I, Coniston 3=ld )an.3B(.I9 $he landlord of Wytheburn Inn.B(.I- A Cumberland word for a rillet.B(.I?a Compare To a 5ih%and (ir% +. -I? Compare To a 5ih%and (ir% +. -G. 7robably some of the lines afterwards included in The 2:$ursion.B(.A murmur near the silent lake.B(.G+ See in the 87oetical Works8 Si*on 'ee II. ?J ?, vol. i. p. /,-.B(.G/ An unprinted letter.B(.GI See Stan;as, !ritten in *y #o$"et 7o0y o< Tho*son,s 7ast%e o< /ndo%en$e 87oetical Works8 vol. ii.p. I.J.B(.GG $his refers probably to 6och 6even in Argyll but its point is not obvious and (orothy Wordsworthhad not then been in Scotland.B(.GJ A >alloway pony.B(.G, See the 87oetical Works8 vol. ii. p. IIJ.B(.G9 Compare in 'ines !ritten in 2ar%y S0rin vol. i. p. /,?In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts4ring sad thoughts to the mind.B(.G- Compare the poem To the 7%ouds vol. viii. p. +G/ and the 2enwick note to that poem.B(.G? $his still e"ists but is known to few.B(.J. 4y 4en 0onson.B(.J+ See the poem .%i$e Fe%% in the 87oetical Works8 vol. ii. p. /9I.B(.J/ See 87oetical Works8 vol. ii. p. IIJ.B(.JI )arch /nd.B(.JG 2irst published in +-.9 under the title of The Sai%or,s Mother.B(.JJ >allow *ill @orkshire.B(.J,a See 8$he Cock is crowing8 etc. vol. ii. p. /?I.B(.J, See 8$he Cock is crowing8 etc. vol. ii. p. /?I.B(.J9 See vol. ii. p. /?J.B(.J- 7ublished as a separate poem.B(.J? Canthese 8Lerses8 havebeen thefirst draft of -e=e$tion,an>de initsearliestand afterwardsabandoned formE It is said to have been written on /nd April +-./.B(.,. See The Watera" and the 8roo* vol. ii. pp. +9. +9G.B(.,+ See The #ri*rose o< the )o$" vol. vii. p. /9G.B(.,/ Compare To the 7%ouds vol. viii. p. +G/.B(.,I See Foresiht vol. ii. p. /?-.B(.,G See vol. ii. p. I...B(.,J 8:esigned8 is curiously used in the 6ake (istrict. A woman there once told me that )r. :uskin was8very much resigned to his own company.8B(.,, (oubtless the second of the two poems beginning thus7leasures newly found are sweet.B(.,9 )ary 7ointand Sara7oint;the 8two heath%clad rocks8referredto in oneofthe 87oems on the1aming of 7laces.8B(.,- Compare The (reen 'innett vol. ii. p. I,9.B(.,? Christopher 1orth.B(.9. (oubtless the >de, /nti*ations o< /**orta%ity.B(.9+ Several of the poems referred to in this 0ournal are difficult if not impossible to identify.The/ns$ri0tion o< the #ath!ay finished on the /-th of August +-..; The 20ita0h written on the /-th 0anuary+-.+; The &or"shire Wo%ds 0oe* referred to on )arch +.th +-./; also The Si%1er 5o!e 0oe* and thatknown in the Wordsworth household as The Tin"er. It is possible that some of them were intentionallysuppressed. $he /ns$ri0tion o< the #ath!ay and The Tin"er will however soon be published.B(.9/ Compare the sonnet 7o*0osed u0on West*inster 8ride, Se0te*3er 3, 1802 in vol. ii. p. I/-.B(.9I Compare the sonnet #87oetical Works8 vol. ii. p. II.' beginning2air Star of evening Splendour of the west.B(.9G It maynot beatootrivial detail tonotethat Coleridge3s -e=e$tion, an>de appearedin TheMornin #ost on Wordsworth3s marriage day.B(.9J $his sonnet was not thought worthy of being preserved.B(.9, $his should have been entered +st 1ovember.B(.99 Criffel.0. C. S.9- Annandale.0. C. S.9? $here is some mistake here. $he *opetoun title was not taken from any place in the 6eadhillsmuch less from the house shaped like an *.0. C. S.-. 7robably the :ev. 0ohn Aird minister of the parish +-.+%+-+J.0. C. S.-+ :agweed.0. C. S.-/ $into.0. C. S.-I 1ew 6anark :obert =wen3s mills.0. C. S.-G 6ady )ary :oss.0. C. S.-J Corehouse.0. C. S.-, $he house belonging to the Barls of *opetoun at 6eadhills not that which bears this name abouttwelve miles from Bdinburgh.0. C. S.-9 >lasgow >reen.0. C. S.-- 1o doubt Brskine *ouse the seat of 6ord 4lantyre.0. C. S.-? A rock in 4orrowdale Cumberland.B(.?. $he inscription on the pillar was written by 7rofessor >eorge Stuart of Bdinburgh 0ohn :amsay of=chtertyre and (r. Samuel 0ohnson; for (r. 0ohnson3s share in the work see Croker3s 4oswell p. I?/.0. C. S.?+ Camstraddan *ouse and bay.0. C. S.?/ See )uth stanCa "iii.B(.?I $his distinction between the foot and head is not very clear. What is meant is this& $hey wouldhave to travel the whole length of the lake from the west to the east end of it before they came to the$rossachs the pass leading away from the east end of the lake.0. C. S.?G She means that they stop work before they are tired.B(.?J $hereis amistakehere. *is bones werelaidabout fifteenor twentymiles fromthence in4al5uhidder kirkyard. 4ut it was under the belief that his 8grave is near the head of 6och !etterine in oneof those pinfold%like burial grounds of neglected and desolate appearance which the traveller meets within the *ighlands of Scotland8 that the well%known poem on )o3 )oy,s (ra1e was composed.0. C. S.?, >oblins3 Cave.0. C. S.